Ewe people are located primarily in the coastal regions of West Africa: in the region south and east of the Volta River to around the Mono River at the border of Togo and Benin; and in the southwestern part of Nigeria.
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17 Facts About Ewe people
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The Ewe people region is sometimes referred to as the Ewe people nation or E?eduk? region.
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Archaeological evidence suggests that the Ewe people likely had some presence in their current homelands at least as early as the 13th century.
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Ewe people had cordial relations with pre-colonial era European traders.
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Sophisticated theology of the Ewe people is similar to those of nearby ethnic groups, such as the Fon religion.
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The Ewe people religion holds Mawu as the creator god, who created numerous lesser deities that serve as the spiritual vehicles and the powers that influence a person's destiny.
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Ewe people have the concept of Si, which implies a "spiritual marriage" between the deity and the faithful.
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Ewe people are a patrilineal people who live in towns, cities and villages that contain lineages.
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The male ancestors have Ewe people are revered, and traditionally, families can trace male ancestors.
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The land owned by an Ewe people family is considered an ancestral gift, and they do not sell this gift anyhow.
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Ewe people are notable for their fierce independence, and they have supported a decentralization of power within a village or through a large state.
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In general, Ewe people drums are constructed like barrels with wooden staves and metal rings, or carved from a single log.
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Ewe people have an intricate collection of dances, which vary between geographical regions and other factors.
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Ewe people is thought to have been an ex-police officer who organized a group in the middle to late 1940s.
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Key aspect of the Ewe people culture is a philosophy about how to interpret and educate oneself through life's events.
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The Ewe people traditionally pass on generational wisdom through proverbs, many of which aim to contextualize the cultural reverence of life-long education.
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